Emma Chittick came to run our second STEM session today. This time we were finding out about solar power. We learnt about how solar power works and we had a go at making our own solar farms.
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STEM visit
On 6th November, Emma Chittick came to P7 to start our renewable energy topic. We talked about the difference between renewable and non renewable energy, saw how turbines generate energy and were given the equipment to make our own turbines.
French videos
We have now finished our videos to send to the French competition. Here is one of the ones that we made earlier – an interview with Mbappe at Paris St Germain! Archie, Ronan and Junias take a bow!!!
Rainforest Games
We had fun trying out the different rainforest games made by other groups in the class. We then gave each group constructive feedback to help them improve their design further before we take them to another class to play.
Spanish Revision
We had great fun in Spanish today when we used the iPads to revise previous learning. We played Kahoot, a multi-choice game, which not only showed how many of us got the correct answer, but also who was the fastest.
Lauryn and Bertie won the first game, followed by Cerys and Michaela, with Fearghas and Lily Jane coming in third.
Emmy and Niamh won the second round.
The final game revised the vocabulary for days and months and was won by Lily Jane and Fearghas.
We all loved it and it really helped to remind us of the vocabulary we had previously covered.
Jemima and Zara both thought it was great fun but quite stressful!
Michael said, “It was really good and helpful to learn more Spanish.”
AJ commented, “I enjoyed using the iPads to learn Spanish.”
STEM 2
This week’ s programming challenge was to collect your shopping using ultra sonic sensors to stop in front of the package in order to pick it up, then bring it home. This involved lots of maths calculations to work out suitable rotations and distances. We also included sound at suitable times to indicate starting, reversing and stopping. It was another focused and fun session-enjoyed by all.
First STEM visit of 2018
This morning Emma Chittick came to teach us more about technology and how it is changing the way we live and work. The whole class very much enjoyed programming robots to pick up a package and take it to a box in the middle of the classroom and then come back. It was like the robot was a Amazon worker. We had to program it to pick a package off the shelf and take it to a delivery van and go back to the shelf to get another. But there were a few extra challenges we had to include in our programs. We had to add fun sounds in different places so you could tell what the robot was doing e.g. reversing. One of the robots dropped off their package and made a beeping sound as if to tell other workers they had dropped off a package. And another robot made a cheerful sound when it got back to the shelf. Another robot made a sound to signify that they had started their program.
Towards the end of the session, we demonstrated our programs to the whole class, two pairs at a time. We also started off all of the robots at the same time to see whose robot would get the package to the middle of the classroom and make it out alive! One robot made in and out all three times without crashing or missing the van! It was really fun and we can’t wait until the next session!
By Lauryn and Molly
Our last STEM session
Today Emma Chittick came in to P5/6 and P6/7 to run our last session. We have had so much fun and learnt so much about programming and engineering. Emma also told us about all the STEM jobs that we could do when we are older and the modern apprenticeships.
Our final robot wars was really exciting.
STEM project
Today we have been concentrating on building a vehicle that moves without wheels. There were lots of different great ideas.
Technology Topic
In class we have been looking at phones and how the technology has changed over time. We have been making posters to demonstrate this.
We have also sent home questionnaires to find out what our parents and families think about mobile phone technology. The answers we have received back have been great to discuss and will feed into our planned debate later in the week. We have also researched various arguments for and against mobile phones in preparation for our debate.
